Why do Buddhists and Taoists call themselves poor monks, and they are genuine? What does the word poverty mean?

"Poor monk" comes from "being poor". This poor way is not the way of Taoists and Taoists. When Buddhism was introduced to China, Buddhist monks also claimed to be original. Being original means being modest, saying that one's moral wisdom is insufficient, another is to gradually weaken the way of life and death, and the other is to be wary of worrying about one's own way, and don't just focus on fame and fortune and forget liberation. Later, poverty became the patent of Taoist priests, and monks only called themselves poor monks.

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What is the lack of clouds? Sanskrit Samana (a little bit of a cloud Samana) translates the right path in ancient times, which means life and death are poor. The Nirvana Sutra says,' Shaman's name is lacking, and the lack of name means that everything is lacking, and all the ways (evil ways) are broken, so it is right, so it is named Saman.' A hundred theories are sparse:' Shaman, the cloud lacks Tao, and the cloud also rests. Those who lack the Tao will break through poverty with the Tao. "Those who are poor without the righteousness of the Holy Way are called shamanism's modesty. The world says,' Zhi Daolin has tried to raise several horses, and says,' Being poor loves his god.' Shi said:' In the early Jin and Song Dynasties, there was no Buddhist name. If you are a Taoist, you will call yourself original. On the 15th of "The Theory of Good Knowledge", I said,' If anyone sells a cloak, the monk will ask me to give him money to look at it. The mantle seller said,' The poor want this mantle, and with this money, the laity will know. Do it three times:' When you return to the temple in five minutes. I would like to ask the door owner to tell the cloud that the better Tan, the more virtuous. "Ye Shu San said:' Samoans are either poor and poor, modest and self-sufficient. This translation means to stop evil people. "The holders of money in the bill wrote three-thirds:' Poverty is also a poor road, and it is humility. Liang Sanzang (Fa Xianzhuan) said:' Zhongxing monk Zhong met the emperor (Emperor Wu of Qi) at Ganhe Temple, and the emperor asked Zhong what he wanted. Zhong A: Poverty is worse than suffering, and the emperor hates it. I asked minister Wang Jian: What are the names of the founder shaman and the emperor? Shall we sit in the hall? A: Buddhism in the Han and Wei Dynasties did not flourish and was not recorded. Since the Puppet Manchuria is a bit prosperous, it's called originality. Sit in advance. "A Brief History of Becoming a Monk" said:' This shore is king, and the Han, Wei and Jin dynasties either gave me the title, or gave me the title of being poor. Therefore, Fa Kuang wrote a letter in the Jin bamboo slips, calling it being original, and Zhi Dun wrote a letter of intercession, also called being original. Daoan warned Fu Jian to call himself "being original" and "Tan Yue", but he didn't give a final warning at that time. "This case is called being original, and now it belongs to Taoist priests.

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